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The Drive Lyft's Massive 2017 Growth Could Be a Threat to Uber The Drive Lyft saw massive growth in 2017, according to an Economic Impact Report released by the company. The numbers showed Lyft growing from a distant second in the U.S. ride-sharing market to a more credible threat to Uber. In 2017, Lyft said it gave 375.5 ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Urban Toronto A Look at Innisfil's Uber Transit Pilot Urban Toronto Between May 15th and July 15th, the first two months the pilot was in operation, Uber undertook 4,868 subsidized trips, or an average of 79 trips per day. A report presented to Council detailing the initial results of the pilot concluded that “[t]he ... https://www.google.com/news
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Electrek Lawsuit claims Uber's former head of self-driving paid a Tesla engineer to be updated on electric truck program Electrek Anthony Levandowski, Uber's former head of self-driving, is still neck-deep in a lawsuit alleging that he stole trade secrets from Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving company and his former employer. Now, he is facing another lawsuit claiming to shine a new ... Bombshell lawsuit alleges Uber engineer stole secrets from Tesla after stealing from GoogleBGR The former nanny for Anthony Levandowski, the fired Uber engineer at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit, said he ...Business Insider Fired Uber Engineer Allegedly Paid For Tesla Secrets, Considered Fleeing To CanadaJalopnik all 7 news articles » https://www.google.com/news -
The Independent Uber to introduce compulsory rest breaks for UK drivers The Independent Uber said on Tuesday its UK drivers will have to take a six-hour break after they have accepted and made trips with passengers totalling 10 hours as the taxi app responds to criticism over excessive working hours. Uber said last month nearly a third of ... Uber introduces cap on drivers' working hoursTelegraph.co.uk Uber to introduce limit on drivers' hoursBBC News Taxi app Uber introduces cap on their drivers' hours to tackle fears over safetyThe Sun Financial Times -The Verge -Engadget -Reuters all 29 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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PhillyVoice.com Woman sues Uber after horrific trip to the Philadelphia airport PhillyVoice.com Rachel has since been banned from Uber, Philadelphia Magazine reports, but Guzman's lawsuit highlights Uber's lack of safety guidelines, even after Uber paid $28.5 million in a class-action lawsuit for its misleading safety assurances. Matthew Luber ... Abington Woman Left On PA Turnpike Roadside By Uber Driver: SuitPatch.com all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Forbes Lyft Doubled Rides In 2017 As Its Rival Uber Stumbled Forbes As Uber faltered among a cascade of crises in 2017, its U.S. rival Lyft was there to happily catch a lot of the customers. On Tuesday, the company announced it had doubled rides in the last year, reaching 375.5 million rides in the United States and ... Lyft grows gangbusters in 2017, bringing competition to UberCNET all 14 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Reuters Uber to introduce mandatory rest breaks for UK drivers Reuters On Tuesday, the Silicon Valley firm said from next week drivers will have to take a continuous six-hour break after the time spent on trips with passengers and on their way to picking someone up reaches 10 hours. “While drivers only spend an average of ... Uber curbs working hours for its UK driversFinancial Times Uber to introduce limit on drivers' hoursBBC News Uber introduces cap on drivers' working hoursTelegraph.co.uk Engadget -City A.M. -Sky News all 21 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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WIRED Anthony Levandowski Faces New Claims of Stealing Trade Secrets WIRED Levandowski's outside dealings while employed at Google and Uber have been central themes in Waymo's trade secrets case. Waymo says that Levandowski took 14,000 technical files related to laser-ranging lidar and other self-driving technologies with him ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Bloomberg The Case for Letting Uber Drivers Organize Bloomberg Given the prevailing “right to control” test, Uber and Lyft drivers may not be protected by all employment laws. But at the very least, they are entitled to engage in collective action without risk of antitrust liability. This is because of the Clayton ... Why Uber Needs to Take the High Road to an IPO: QuickTake Q&AWashington Post Uber gets a not-so-great grade for its '180 Days of Change'Tnooz No car seat? 'No problem'ABC15 Arizona gulfnews.com all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Bloomberg Why Uber Needs to Take the High Road to an IPO Bloomberg Back in 2015, explaining why Uber Technologies Inc. was years away from a public offering, co-founder Travis Kalanick likened the company to an eighth grader too young to go to the high school prom. Since then, the ride-hailing giant has been besieged ... No car seat? 'No problem'ABC15 Arizona all 6 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Forbes Cold War In Vegas: Taxis, Lyft, Uber Fight It Out Forbes Rideshare vehicles (Uber and Lyft) set an all-time record at the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport on January 8, 2018, making some 11,465 passenger pickups. Taxicabs added to the record, reporting 18,413 pickups at McCarran for a combined total ... https://www.google.com/news
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Daily Mail Uber driver, 26, denies attacking police officers with a 4ft samurai sword after shouting 'Allahu Akbar'outside ... Daily Mail An Uber driver accused of attacking police officers with a samurai sword outside Buckingham Palace as part of an alleged terror plot will go on trial. Terror suspect Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 26, is accused of driving a blue Toyota Prius at a marked ... Uber driver 'caught with sword near Buckingham Palace' denies terror chargeMetro Uber driver denies attacking police with Samurai Sword outside Buckingham PalacetalkRADIO (press release) all 4 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Metro Uber driver 'caught with sword near Buckingham Palace' denies terror charge Metro A self-employed Uber driver allegedly caught carrying a large sword near Buckingham Palace has denied a terrorism charge. Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 26, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Belmarsh jail today. He pleaded not guilty to a charge ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Uber to utilize tech to enhance safety for drivers InterAksyon MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Uber has rolled out features over the past few months with the goal of improving their drivers' overall experience. Today, the ride-hailing company added one more of these features. Called Rider Identification, Uber introduced ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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The Express Tribune Uber and Careem hiring female drivers in Saudi Arabia The Express Tribune Uber and Careem have already started hiring and training women drivers after Saudi Arabia has decided to lift its ban on women driving in June 2018, reports CNN. Amani Alawwami, who joined the first workshop Careem ran last October, said,''I want to be ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Citifmonline Uber drivers haven't been ordered to re-brand as taxis – Transport Ministry Citifmonline The Ministry is coordinating talks between the Commercial Taxi Drivers Association in Ghana, Uber, and other stakeholders. Taxi drivers have consistently voiced their displeasure with the operations of Uber drivers, who they say are taking their ... GPRTU Not Scared Of UberModern Ghana (press release) (blog) Uber cars must have taxi colours – GPRTU insistsGhanaWeb all 7 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Star Online Current and former Uber security staffers cast doubt on spying claims The Star Online The previously unreported testimony from the onetime senior Uber official, as well as interviews conducted by Reuters with five current and former Uber employees, rebuts statements made in an explosive 37-page letter last year that triggered the ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Digiday Cash-strapped young ad agency staffers moonlight as Uber drivers to make ends meet Digiday Last year, after receiving an advertising degree from the University of San Francisco, Austin Sacks moved to Los Angeles, a city bustling with ad agencies, to begin his career. But he soon realized he wasn't going to make ends meet on a starting salary ... https://www.google.com/news
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Salon Losing money rapidly, how long can Uber last? Salon Making matters worse, Uber already has fled from China and Russia, beaten by local competitors, and is barely hanging on in India. It is dangling by a hair in London, one of its busiest overseas markets, since the city's transportation authority ... Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Is Selling 29% Of His Stake In The Company…How Much Is That Worth?Celebrity Net Worth all 2 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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Why a ComfortDelGro-Uber alliance is undesirable in the long run The Straits Times SINGAPORE - The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is expected to decide by the end of the month whether to approve an alliance between two of Singapore's largest ride providers - ComfortDelGro and Uber. The CCS is doing a second round of ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Yahoo Finance Exclusive: Current and former Uber security staffers cast doubt on spying claims Yahoo Finance SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The former security chief of Uber Technologies Inc. swore in a closed legal proceeding that he knew of no attempts to steal trade secrets from anyone, including Alphabet Inc's self-driving unit Waymo, and would be "shocked" if ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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GhanaWeb Uber denies taxi-branding reports GhanaWeb Uber has denied reports that it has been directed by the Ministry of Transport in Ghana to – within a month – brand all cars it operates with into taxi. The reports first carried by www.3news.com quoted the General Secretary of the Commercial Taxi ... and more » https://www.google.com/news
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Daily Mail Woman warns of Uber 'cleaning scam' after a 'creepy' driver charged her $150 for a mess she didn't make Daily Mail A woman has claimed she was scammed by Uber after being charged a $150 cleaning fee for a mess she says she didn't make. Uber customer Ebony was left shocked after she received the bill on top of her fare from Sydney's city centre to the north shore on ... Uber customer warns of $160 'cleaning fee scam'New Zealand Herald NSW woman charged $150 Uber 'cleaning fee' after mystery messYahoo7 News all 4 news articles » https://www.google.com/news
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The Atlantic Cities Have to Get Creative When Uber and Lyft Won't Release Trip Data The Atlantic To be sure, the battle for riders that Uber, Lyft, and other TNCs are winning isn't particularly hard-fought. Service cuts and performance declines on many transit systems—especially bus networks—offer passengers little reason to stay loyal. In some ... https://www.google.com/news
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Winnipeg Free Press No need for Uber to put it in park Winnipeg Free Press Is that the sound of screeching tires we just heard? Clearly, somebody slammed on the brakes. As it turns out, the heavy foot on the “stop” pedal belongs to the ride-hailing service Uber, which declared this week that its arrival here is on hold ... and more » https://www.google.com/news